Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-30
HISTORY.

Who Formed the orsas Canadian Pao'd'
Bubsidixec a~vndicais-How the North
srn Ps-ifo Was Frozen Out Of Mani
>-Tha sshjec. and Operation Of che
Monopoly Clause.
The Helena correspondent Of the Pioneer
Press concluded his account Of the Mon
taua Central celebrs ton. with a history
Of the road" containing the following III
terestins matter: "The origin Of the Mon.
tara Central lies az far back as 1880. Al
this time the Dominion Government wns
baving a hard struggle with tho Canadian
Pacific problem and this road had been
laid out to run northwcster]y from Winni-
u-R. ah"ut On the line Of thu present NJ mi
;nha & Northwestern, and tn cross tn,
mountains far north Il the present line
J.J Hill then torme;l the Canadian Pacific
~ ndica te, being principally the own'r RS o
the Manitoba road, which included Johi
!. Kennedy, Ge"rge Stephen, Donald a
Smith and Il. b. Angus. Duncan MeIntyr
was aiter~ard taken in. This syndicnt'
contracted tn complete the Canadian Pa.
cific and run Il line directly West FROM Win
nipsS, n as straight as possible.
4 OF THE PLAN
vas also to build a branch sOuthwes!erly
through Fort Aesinaboine and Great Falt>
to Helena over the route Il the present
Montana Central. Thu Norther, Pacitr
had obt ained entrance into Winnipeg ovsl
the Man,tOba & Southwestern. to b. me,
by the Cassslton branch at the bomi Diary.
Consequently an agreement was e"terta'
into by which the Northern Pacific CAV nj
going to Winnipeg and the Manitob
agreed to keep out Of Northern Pacific ter
ritory.'' In this account the correspond
ent in question has made some error
which are OF Importance enough to correct.
In the fir t place whsn the Canadian Pa
cific passed INTO the hands OF a syndirat'
it wal not undsrsto"d that tn, syndicat'
was formed by MIR. Hill. who was, I r p"
litical reasons, kept rather in the back
ground. II j. we're true that Mr.. Hi;
formed the syndicate. and it is true tha'
he held large interests in it. the claim tina
he never asked al accepted u subsidy
would fall to pieces. rs the Canadian p.
citic syndicate asked and
OBTAINED MORE SUB DIE
than any other railroad company ir
America. and they continued TO cry fo'
more, and to get it, until long after the roa'
was complet d. 1t was no part Il L
Canadian Pacific scheme to build IL brat, l
through Benton an Great Falls to Helena
At that, time Great F Ills had not bee,
thought Of. and the famous N n pol,
clause in the contract lNt~een ;he DO
nil ion Government anil the syndicate
made by request OF the syndicate, expressl,
prohihi ed the construction %! any rail
roads in the N 'rthwe-t Territories witnir
fifteen miles of the International boundary
The monopoly clause, il not repcalAl. vii
cuntin @ in force until February. 1901. AIT
in accordance with that clause The Do
tninion Government fOrb uie the extenSi' I
of the G at r ,ilr"sd from J.e:hbrid.e int
Montana. In 1881 the Northern Pariti,
purchased tho Manitoba Scufhw ester
Railroad. which had received Il grant y
land from The government. It. WAS the in
tention Of the Northern Pac tic to snte
Winnipeg by c"nnectin. th-ir CasseIt"'
branch with the Manitoba Southwestern
Pacific cou d not bro X opposi ion, an
through their influence the Dominion Gov
eminent
VIOLATED PROVINCIAL RIGHTS
by stretching the monnp 'ly clause to cove
Manitoba, ard also withdrew the LAM
grant from the NJ lnitoba Southwestern
This was q very d~ishonorab!e proceeding
The Northern Pacific would have submit
! ted to the withdrawal If the land g'ani
hut being prevented b> the monopoly claus
from crossing the b,undary lne-tne,
| would have had to leav, a gap OF tif'ee,
| nil y between the ., IA II track-,h' NJ mi
tOba Southwestern became valueless t
them and they sold it for what it wnul
bring and scraped the NJ ,ni'oha mu
from their feet. They were literally fr.,z
| out OF Manitoba. After that an arr, ny
snent was entered into by Which the Man
! toba ayr, ed to keep the north and sou
| lines, and the Northern Pacific the ea>
and west lines. 1t is the monopoly claus
] that has for some years kent the Man
'oha people on the verge of rebellion. ~,
| which has Gu minated in their resolve t
nui:d Il competing road to the bon dar,
in defiance Of the maj dates OF the Cover
ment.